Apple Offering Contract-Less iPhones, Too

Customers can now pick up the iPhone handset without the hassle of a contract via the Apple store.

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Want an iPhone, but can't deal with the commitment of a two-year contract? Starting yesterday, customers can now pick up the handset sans-contract through the Apple store.

AT&T has already begun offering the deal, but phones bought through that channel were limited to one per customer. With Apple, you can pick up as many as you want--assuming that you have a lot of money to burn through.

The contract-free handsets run $599 for the 8-GB version, and $699 for the 16 GB models. Users can activate the phones through iTunes. You'll still be tied to the AT&T netwrk, however, contract or no.

Brian Heater came to PCMag in 2006, after working at Laptop Magazine as a staff writer. His writing has appeared in Spin, The Onion, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Press, The Oklahoma Gazette, The Metro Santa Cruz, Heeb, and a lot of music magazines you’ve probably never heard of. He also runs the comics site The Daily Cross Hatch, which he strongly recommends you check out. One time Brian met the president. He had green hair back then. Long story.
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